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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Woodland Strawberry

Woodland Strawberry

Fragaria vesca, commonly called the woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, wild strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits.[2][3]

The Latin specific epithet vesca literally means "thin" or "feeble",[4] but likely carries the sense "edible" in this context (compare vescor, "to eat").[5]

Bloom Season: February - November

Habitat: Trailsides, open woodlands, forest edges, and clearings

Photography Notes: Get low

Credits: Jason Fazio, 28 May


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Woodland Strawberry (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.